DCHP-3

isolation pay

DCHP-2 (Jan 2013)
n. — Northern Canada, Administration

supplementary income granted to employees working in isolated areas, usually in northern Canada.

Type: 5. Frequency — Isolation pay is supplementary income that is paid to attract employees to remote areas to offset the higher cost of living and to make such positions more attractive (see Service Canada reference). Isolation pay also appears in US newspapers, although with much lower frequencies. The term appears in Canadian governmental publications and in some legislation (see E-Laws Ontario reference). Chart 1 demonstrates the term's online prevalence in Canada.
See also COD-2, s.v. "isolation pay", which is marked "Cdn".

Quotations

1948
Isolation pay for single men runs to $33.60 per month.
1954
Lack Of Isolation Pay Irks Canadian Troops IN KOREA - One of the biggest beefs among men of Canada's 25th Brigade is the absence of some sort of isolation pay.
1967
The minimum Northern Corps salary is $3,900 and $1,000 isolation pay, plus a subsidy to cover the cost of transportation from home to school three times a year.
1979
The proposed rental increases and the loss of isolation pay last August are only going to irritate the situation, he said, adding that some of the servicemen spend more on clothing, food and shelter than they earn.
1982
But transportation factors - direct and indirect - work against the viability of northern mining operations. The direct factor is that mineral concentrates have to be shipped long distances to get to markets. The high wages and isolation pay the companies must come up with to attract miners and other employees to the North is the indirect factor.
1995
So far south it falls off the edge of most provincial road maps, the island is accessible only by air or an hour-and-a-half ferry ride. Government workers get isolation pay (but residents don't get the isolated community tax break -- a sore point with them) and the full-time population probably only counts for a couple hundred votes.
2013
He said people are unsure whether they still have a job and what their salary range will be, along with existing allowances like isolation pay, vacation travel and accommodation.

References

Images

Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 14 Aug. 2012

Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 14 Aug. 2012